Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Trump tells first meeting of Board of Peace that $7 billion raised for Gaza
UPDATED 10:13 A.M. WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday that $7 billion has been contributed to a Gaza reconstruction fun...
Feb 19, 2026 U.S President Donald Trump speaks at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Update: Pekin Police release details on squad car crash
Updated at 8:11 a.m. PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin Police Department has issued a statement regarding a squad car crash on Wednesday at the intersection of South 14th Street and Park Avenue. Police Chief Se...
Feb 19, 2026 A crash involving three vehicles, including a Pekin Police cruiser happened Wednesday afternoon near Pekin Hospital. (25 News)
Police arrest King Charles' brother Andrew over misconduct relating to Epstein
By Michael Holden and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was on Thursday arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allega...
Feb 19, 2026 Prince Andrew arriving for the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral, central London, September 16, 2025. Jordan Pettitt/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria's Ink Capital owner sentenced to prison time for grooming minor
By Liz Lape PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria tattoo artist will spend the next few years behind bars after being found guilty of grooming charges. 34-year-old Mario Davis was sentenced Wednesday to f...
Feb 19, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
OSF breaks ground on new Brimfield facility
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - OSF HealthCare held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon for a new medical office building in Brimfield, marking the start of construction on the new facility. OSF leaders, ...
Feb 19, 2026 OSF HealthCare broke ground on a new medical office building Wednesday in Brimfield. (OSF HealthCare)
UPDATE: Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies
Article Summary JB Pritzker is proposing a $56 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 with minimal new spending. Outside of key areas like pensions, education and health care costs, discretionary spendin...
Feb 18, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker enters the Illinois House chamber to give his annual budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Some Democrats to boycott Trump State of the Union for rally
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A group of liberal U.S. lawmakers will abandon President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday for an outdoor rally to protest his policie...
Feb 18, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump departs after delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL
Glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home fails to produce DNA match
By Rebecca Noble, Steve Gorman and Jana Winter TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 17 (Reuters) - One of the most promising leads yet in the investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie proved a disappointment ...
Feb 18, 2026 A banner with a growing collection of well-wishes from supporters reads "bring her home" (not pictured) and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who disappeared from her home nearly two weeks ago, outside of the KVOA newsroom in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Nine skiers missing, six rescued after California avalanche
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nine skiers were missing after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains on Tuesday, but six others, who had been stranded, have since been r...
Feb 18, 2026 FILE PHOTO: The snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains are seen from the air during a Pacific Gas and Electric snowpack survey near Nevada City, California, U.S. April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Bob Strong/File Photo
Illinois Republican senator pushes to outlaw abortion, loses leadership spots
Article Summary Illinois State Sen. Neil Anderson on Tuesday defended a bill he introduced that would outlaw abortion and classify the procedure as a homicide. There are no exceptions for rape, incest...
Feb 18, 2026 Illinois State Sen. Neil Anderson, accompanied by pastors and family at the Illinois
Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 17, speaks about his bill to outlaw abortion by legally defining fertilized human
eggs as “people” and triggering homicide laws. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Nikoel Hytrek)
